We are coming up on my sixth year of being published. I went to RT in the spring of 2005 and pitched to a wonderful editor at Loose Id. Came home, polished and submitted. Blood Kiss hit the 'net in October of 2005.
I submitted a new story today. I still get the achy feeling when I hit send. I automatically want to call the story back with "I'm not ready" flashing like a big neon sign in my brain.
I've accepted that I'm always going to be that way. No matter how many times I submit, no matter how many times my stories get accepted, I will always feel the nervous butterflies floating in my stomach.
Does Joss Whedon pitch a storyline and wonder if it's coming across? Does Sherrilyn Kenyon shake a little before she gets up to speak in front of an audience? Does Karen Rose wonder if her story is accurate and how it will come across?
Yet we (and I include myself in that group) keep doing what we are doing even when it makes us neurotic creative types. Maybe that's how we stay sharp?
All I know is I will now be on pins and needles waiting to hear back from my editor.
Mechele Armstrong
www.mechelearmstrong.com
4 comments:
Good luck on your submission, Mechele! I bet you rocked it. :-)
I don't know about Stephen King, but I agonize over every submission, every edit... and of course, every release. It's never gotten easier. I'd worry if it ever did!
Good luck, Mechele. I think it's in a writer's nature to worry over their babies. Who wants to be told they're less than perfect even though we know they are. But I suspect Mr. King oozes confidence out of every pore!! Then again, you never know. Even though rejection is unlikely, he cna't know how his readers are going to react!
I for one can't wait to read the next thing you write.
To answer your question, I believe the answer is yes. The biggest stars in the (any) industry may have experience and notoriety behind them, but they're still just human.
I really like the idea.
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